1917/18: War Orphans compl. 1st set valued 2c.+3c. up to 5F.+5F., mounted on six envelopes and nicely cancelled "St. Germain en Laye - 2 6 19 - Congrès de la Paix" Yvert = € 3'100. (Image 1) (Image)

1925: International stamp Exhibition in Paris, souvenir sheet bearing 4x 5 F. carmin, sheet frame showing four special cancellations not touching the stamps Yvert = € 1'400.

1927: International stamp Exhibition in Strasbourg, Souvenir sheet with full original gum bearing event's special cancellation on top left not touching the stamps, in addition gutter pair in mint condition taken from the souvenir sheet Yvert = € 2'550. (Image 1) (Image)

1927: 2 F. orange and bluegreen as well as 5 F. blue and buff, bottom left corner copies showing special cancellation, both values in mint condition, sheet margins somewhat creased resp. with traces of a hinge Yvert = € 950. (Image 1) (Image)

1927/29: First International Aviation and Navigation Salon in Marseille, envelope (few creases) bearing both values sent registered Express to Bern, tied by event's special cancellation (Cert. Max Hertsch 1964) as well as special stamp released for the Le Havre exposition in 1929, together with related vignette and additional franking sent registered by air to Tavannes in the French part of Switzerland Yvert = € 1'375. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

'Ile de France' 1928: Berthelot 10 fr. on 90 c. carmine-rose from the lower sheet margin, field position 49, a fine and fresh example of excellent appearance in unmounted og condition. Certs. Mikulski (1989), Brun (2012) Yvert 3 = € 5'000 / Maury 3 = € 4'300 / Mi 230 = € 2'500. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1849/52: Lot four selected used stamps i.e. Cêrès 15 c. green (aminci), 1 Fr. dark carmine and horiz. pair Prêsidence 10 c. yellow-brown showing sheet margin at right, two items joined by certs. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1900/60: Lot 160 stamps used/unused or in mint condition from France and Monaco, incl. some better values and full sets as airmails 1927, Monaco bird set up to Fr. 1000 as well as four Red Cross souvenir sheets of 1949 and 1951, good condition and housed on album pages and small stockcards.

1849/1965ca: Interesting Collection and Lot hundreds stamps used/unused, incl. Cêrès 1849 15 c. green, 40 c. orange (2) and 1 f. carmine, Presidence 10 c. bistre, Empire imperf. 1 f. carmine, Napoleon laureated 5 f. grey-violet (3), one with a crisp '5080' lozenge of Alexandria, 1871 unissued Napoleon laureated '10' on 10 c. bistre (defective), 1868 newspaper stamps imperf & perf, 1859 postage due, 1868 telegraph stamps imperf & perf, Bordeaux, Sage, 1881/92 postage due up to 2 f. and 5 f. black, 1914 orphelins, compl. set up to 5 f., 1923 Bordeaux congress unmounted og., 1925 Paris & 1925 Strasbourg souvenir sheets (marginal defects), 1936 Vue de Paris & Burelage used, and PEXIP souvernir sheet. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image)

1849/50: Cêrès 20 c. black on yellowish, an irregular block of six and a horizontal pair, margins touched to large, tied to large part piece by multiple strikes of the mute Paris Star in black - rare and of fine appearance but with faults; 40 c. orange in a vertical pair with margins all round used on 1851 Ladies' envelope to London cancelled by 'grille sans fin', 1 fr. carmine in a rich shade with touched to large margins all round used on 1853 cover front to Nismes from Versailles; and an 1871 cover with Bordeaux 40 c. orange used from Bourges. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1850/1960ca: Interesting Lot 70 covers from France and 120 covers/part covers from French colonies incl. February 1850 double weight cover with pair of the Cêrès 20 c. black, October 1870 cover sent with the Ballon montê "Louis-Blanc", January 1871 cover to Bruxelles sent directly after the end of the Ballons montês, 1872 double weight cover with mixed franking of French and German stamps, 1873 private precursor postcard, 1869 Martinique three colour Eagle franking on part cover, 1893 Obock cover with mixed franking, 1902 registered cover to Germany with "NT MADAGASCAR" cds, 1904 Diego Suarez cover and postcard with bisected provisional stamps, 1907 Tahiti postcard with mixed franking, 1910 Djibouti registered cover, better Levant cancellations such as Dedeagh and Dardanelles, Cameroon French Occupation, 1915 Postes aux Armes cover and free franking expeditionary forces postcard, 1916 Cameroun covers using French occupation franking and German obliterators, and 1940 Cameroon Douala Spitfire day cover. A lot which has to be studied carefully to be fully appreciated. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (Image 31) (Image 32) (Image 33) (Image 34) (Image 35) (Image 36) (Image 37) (Image 38) (Image 39) (Image 40) (Image)

1892/1967ca: Collection hundreds used/unused stamps from Cote des Somalis and Obock incl. Cote de Somalis with 1894 DJ and DJIBOUTI ovpts. on Obock Dubois issues as well as on Mêharistes 1 fr. on 5 fr., 1894 Vues de Djibouti definitives up to 50 fr. blue & rose, 1899/1902 ovpts on this issue up to 0,75 on 5 fr., 1902 Guerriers and later definitive and commemorative issue s, , postage due, Obock with 1892 Dubois with bend 'Obock' ovpts and straight OBOCK and numeral ovpts, 1893 Mêharistes triangular stamps, 1894 Guerriers issue with bisected stamps on pieces and 1894 triangular Mêharistes definitives up to 50 fr., as well as postage due with straight OBOCK ovpts. up to 2 fr. brown. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image)

1859/1950ca.: Interesting Collection thousands stamps used/unused from French colonies incl. General Issues with Eagles, Napoleon and Cêrès values showing in addition cancellation interest such as crisp "COCHINCHINE SAIGON 76" cds on 1872 Cêrès 4 c. grey, A.E.F. & A.O.F. incl. large dealer series, Bênin with 1992 BENIN ovpts. on Dubois definitives and postage due, Cameroun, Alexandrie, Anjouan, Diego-Suarez, PO's in the Levant with early ovpt. Sage definitives, Tahiti with 1893 diagonal ovpts on Dubois type definitives and on postage due, Zanzibar 1894 ovpts., PO's in China, Congo français with 1891/92 ovpts on Dubois and 1892 ovpts on postage due, 1891 packet stamps, Cote d'Ivoire, Dahomey, Gabon with 1896 & 1888 ovpts on Dubois and 1889 ovpts on postage due, Guinêe française, Guyane française with 1886/88 ovpts on Cêrès and Sage, Haute-Volta, Inini, Indochine with early ovpts., 1945/48 VIET-NAM ovpts. on Indochina commemorative stamps, postage due and packet stamps, Madagascar with 1889/91 ovpts on Dubois and 1891 Numeral definitives, Martinique, Niger, Nouvelle-Calêdonie with NCE ovpts on Sage, Ocêanie, Rêunion with ovpts on Napoleon, Eagle, Cêrès and Sage, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon with early SPM ovpts, Sênêgal with 1887 ovpts. on Dubois, rare types included, Soudan with 1894 ovpt., Togo, Wallis & Futuna, Cilicien, Syria & Lebanon, Mayotte, Postes Serbes. An impressive lot with several sought after issues with an enormous catalogue value in six albums. To be studied carefully. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (Image 31) (Image 32) (Image 33) (Image 34) (Image 35) (Image 36) (Image 37) (Image 38) (Image 39) (Image)

French Guyana 1921 (July 9): Typographed from Woodblock Plate, 75 c. violet on orange buff paper, rouletted on two sides and imperforate at right and at base, an unused example with large part oval Control cachet 'TRANSPORT / ST. LAURENT' in red, without gum as issued. Small thin at left, a fine example of an extremely rare stamp with just 120 examples issued. Signed Brun Gi 1 = £ 1'700/Scott CL2 = $ 2'600/Maury 2 = € 2'600/Yvert = € 2'300. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Cayenne 'Winged Helmet' issue 1921 (July 8): T.A.G. 75 c. black on bluish (bleutê), imperforate, three examples each cancelled AVION in black, good to touched margins and a single example of the 75 c. black on yellowish grey similarly cancelled but slight surface crease; three signed Brun Yvert = € 3'600. (Image 1) (Image)

St. Laurent Du Maroni-Cayenne-Inini Route 1921 (Sept): TAG 75 c. black on grey, a superb unused example, with large margins all round, unused without gum. Scarce and extremely fine stamp. Signed A. Brun, Calves and Scheller, cert. Roumet (2004) Yvert = € 1'700. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

General Airmail Issue 1921 (Sept): TAG 75 c. black on salmon, a large margined used example cancelled by AVION handstamp in black. A fine example of this scarce stamp. Signed Behr Yvert = € 1'400. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

General Airmail Issue 1921 (Sept): TAG 75 c. black on yellow, a large margined used example cancelled by AVION handstamp in black. Some minor scuffing but a generally fine example of this scarce stamp. Cert. Roumet (2007) Gi 11 = £ 1'300/Scott CL14 = $ 1'800/Maury 12 = € 2'200/Yvert = € 2'000. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

General Airmail Issue 1921 (Sept): TAG 75 c. black on grey, a large margined unused example. A fine and fresh example of this scarce stamp. Signed A. Brun Yvert = € 3'600. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1892/1950ca: Lot 220 covers from Cochinchina and primarily Tonkin incl. two 1897 covers 'Corps d'Occupation du Tonkin' from Dapcau to France, four red band covers 1901/08 from Binh Tay, Lang Son, Hanoi and the PO in Canton, covers with cancellation interest, Airmail covers with French and Dutch planes from the 1930s, 1945 VIET MINH liberation cover, in addition few stamps from Vietnam. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image)

1865/1880ca: Lot 170 used stamps or pieces and five covers from French Post offices abroad or Algeria incl. 1873 Tunis to Marseille with Siège 40 c. in a strip of three tied by 5107 Gros ciffre, 1879 Pointe-a-Pitre to Bordeaux with colonial Cêrès 25 c. blue tied by corresponding Paquebot cancellation, 1882 Smyrne to Paris with blue cds, 1865 Salonque to Avignon with Napolêon perf. 10 c. & 40 c., pieces with cancellations of La Guayra, Port Cabello, Mexico, Cap Haitien, and Buenos Ayres, Levant Post offices with Varna Petit Chiffre 4018 in blue, Smyrna, Dardanelles, Alexandrette, Mersina, Galatz, Salonique, Beyrouth, Alexandria, Jaffa, Port Said, Shanghai, Yokohama, as well as post offices from Algeria incl. Guelma, Medeah, Arzeh, Blidah, Bouffarick, Setif, Tlemcen, and Bougie among others. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image)

Cote des Somalis 1894: Mêharistes of Obock ovpt. DJIBOUTI 5 f. red, a fine and fresh example, large margins, fine unmounted og. A scarce and desirable stamp. Signed Scheller Yvert = € 2'300. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1902: Obock 75 c. violet-brown & red-orange ovpt. '0.05' in blue, a fine and fresh example with good to large margins, cancelled by "COTE FRANCAISE des SOMALIS DJIBOUTI 17 JANV 02" cds in blue. A scarce stamp. Signed Calves. Cert. Scheller (2017) Yvert = € 1'350. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

Tahiti 1884: General French Colonies Issue, 1 f. olive showing variety: inverted ovpt. 'TAHITI 25 c.", an upper marginal example tied by crisp "PAPEETE 15 SEPT 84 TAHITI" cds to piece. Signed Miro and Calves Y&T = € 1'100+. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Obock 1892: Postage due, three values 10 c. black to 60 c. black, unused with or without (60 c.) gum, a fresh and fine trio, signed Scheller or Brun. Y&T = € 1'420. (Image 1) (Image)